Press Conference
01/13/1941
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We want and expect the help of the future Italy toward lasting peace.
The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, through and with the aid of any persons or instrumentalities that he may designate, ...
The war effort will be unduly impeded or delayed by these interruptions.
The attainment of those conditions must constitute a central aim of national and international policy.